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As we all know, Germany tried a repeat of the Schlieffen Plan when she invaded France in 1940. As we all know, Germany was able to occupy most of Belgium and a small slice of northeast France, but her forces were eventually stopped, nowhere near their objectives, and shortly afterwards, in early August of 1940, the German General Staff overthrew Hitler and reached a peace agreement with Britain and France.

However, in recent years, it's been discovered that there was consideration given to, instead of what they actually did, using a powerful armored thrust through the Ardennes and north to the Channel ports, thereby coming up behind the BEF and French forces in Belgium and forcing their surrender.

How successful do you think this plan could have been? How would it have made the history of the Second European War any different?
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